RE: [DMCForum] Coolant question...
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It is one of Hervey's new larger metal radiators.
- VB

>From: Marc Levy <malevy_nj@xxxxxxxxx>
>Reply-To: DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>To: DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: RE: [DMCForum] Coolant question...
>Date: Fri, 8 Jul 2005 19:23:47 -0700 (PDT)
>
>How old is the radiator?  Maybe it is clogged?
>
>
>--- Videobob Moseley <videobob@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > I am still having my over heating problem.
> > I have topped off the coolant, and I have an air
> > bleeder installed.
> > I have wired the fans to be on full time, still the
> > car over heats.
> > Mostly with the AC on, you can get around OK with
> > the AC off, but
> > within minutes of turning the AC on the needle
> > rises.
> > The water appears to be flowing, and the fans are
> > on....
> > I must mention that I do have Hervey's new fans
> > installed.
> > They are very quite, you can barely hear them
> > running.
> > So, I am not sure if they are running as fast as
> > they need to be
> > because I have no frame of reference to compare them
> > to because when
> > I first got my car it was November, and then I
> > wrecked it in July and
> > replaced
> > the OEM fans with Herveys, so I have only
> > experienced his fans in the
> > summer.
> > The Texas summer is brutal....
> >
> > I don't know why the hell the car isn't cooling, it
> > was fine last summer.
> > So the only things I can think of are that maybe the
> > fans are for some
> > reason
> > not running at full speed, or the thermostat is
> > sticking, or the water pump
> > is not working
> > correctly.... any suggestions?
> >
> > Does anyone know what the cross reference of the
> > thermostat is for Autozone?
> >
> > - Videobob
> >
> >
> >
> > >From: "Travis Goodwin" <tgoodwin@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > >Reply-To: DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > >To: <DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > >Subject: [DMCForum] Coolant question...
> > >Date: Fri, 8 Jul 2005 14:16:02 -0400
> > >
> > >This is a for real question.
> > >
> > >My car seemed to be overheating at lunch today.
> > Within 3 minutes, the
> > >temp was almost 200 degrees. Despite the high temp,
> > the fans didn't come
> > >on. That says one thing to me: air pocket.
> > >
> > >So, I checked the coolant level real quick and it
> > was indeed low. A stop
> > >at Advance Auto to top it off and the temp leveled
> > off. I drove it 20
> > >miles home with the temp level. It got only as high
> > at 160 or so by the
> > >time I navigated all the traffic.
> > >
> > >Do you agree that with an air pocket causing the
> > thermostat to read too
> > >high, it can seem as if the fans are not working
> > correctly because the
> > >coolant temp is not high enough to trigger the
> > otterstat?
> > >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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> >
> >
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> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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